Denis McCarthy, VP, Controller and PAO at MEMC ELECTRONIC MATERIALS INC (WFR), bought 1,195 shares at $5.31 ($6K) on 2011-08-08, disclosed to the SEC on 2011-08-09.
Open-market purchase of $6k WFR by VP, Controller and PAO. Below the thresholds we flag for high-conviction alerts (no C-suite role, rare reversal, cluster, or A-grade history).
Something here stands out, but not much.